Tickled Pink – How April’s Full Moon is special for growing-Tonight, April 11th, is the date of this year’s Pink Moon, and everyone is talking about it on social media. But what makes the Moon pink on this particular date? Sorry to disappoint you, but turns out the Pink Moon isn’t actually of a rosy hue. The title “Pink Moon” is credited to Native American tribes, …

Low Bush Cranberry Vinegar Becomes Low Bush Cranberry Refresher- Miche here. About five days into this second round of vinegar experiments, a thought occurred to me—low bush cranberries keep forever in the fridge. That’s because–oh yeah—I remember this–they are high in benzoic acid, a naturally occurring preservative. Are low bush cranberries, then, a good choice for making vinegar? Well, maybe not. I called …

Kohlrabi Crackers!-by Suzanne Crocker Kohlrabi is not a vegetable you will often find in the grocery store. However, it is a root vegetable that grows well in the Yukon. It doesn’t look so inviting from the outside, but slice into it and it is tender and delicious – raw or cooked. Suzanne’s husband, Gerard, discovered that …

Seedy Saturdays and Birch Syrup workshops in Dawson-Next weekend, Dawsonites will have a chance to participate in two amazing workshops! Seedy Saturdays will be held on Saturday March 25th at the Recreation Centre, and it will include presentations by Karen Digby and Grant Dowdell about northern gardening and by Scott Henderson about mushroom cultivation. The following day on Sunday the 26th, there will …

Check out the 1st Webinar of the Northern Food Network-Northern Food Network hosted their first bi-monthly webinar on Monday, February 27th, and it featured Dawsonite Dexter MacRae from Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Teaching and Working Farm, as well as Kukik Baker and her team, from Arviat Wellness in Arviat, Nunavut.

Recipes for Suzanne! Sunflower Seed Soup, New Potatoes with Pumpkin Seed Pesto-Suzanne Crocker loves nuts. She really loves them. So how is she going to get by without nuts for a whole year? Easy–She’ll eat seeds instead! Sunflower seeds, Styrian pumpkin seeds. She’s recruited a couple of farmers to grow the pumpkins, and she’s ordered up some Russian sunflower seeds to plant in her own garden. …

Hear it on the radio: CBC Yukon’s “A New Day” catches up with Suzanne-Great news! The CBC morning radio show “A New Day” hosted by Sandi Coleman on CBC Yukon, has started a new regular column called “Yu-kon Grow It”, which will air every other Wednesday morning between 7 and 7:30 am. On this segment, Sandi will check in with Suzanne about her “First we Eat: Food Security North …

Suzanne talks northern food security on CBC Radio-Suzanne talks about the First We Eat project with CBC North’s Dave White! Listen to the full interview below: http://yukonradiodave.tumblr.com/post/156014476699/dawson-city-film-maker-suzanne-crockers-next